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Sun and Mirage (need explanation/help)
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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 226261" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>AJ,</p><p></p><p>It's great that you are shooting a rifle well enough to see this and to catch on so quickly. What Boss Hoss will send you will serve you well.</p><p></p><p>Back in my benchrest days I set out to learn the magnitude of the effects of mirage. I was shooting a 40X 222 Light Gun w/a 26X Leupold (or was it a 24X<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />) either way it would shoot along with your AM out to 200<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />.</p><p></p><p>I knew the range very well. Bare dirt and a few weeds between the benches and target. Mirage was brutal, normally. Newbies there would shoot around 3/4 MOA until they caught on.</p><p></p><p>I set up @ 100 yds well before sunrise. As soon as the 100yd target was visible I fired a sighter to verify zero. Then fired fired for score, so to speak.</p><p></p><p>I shot one shot every 30 Minutes until 10 O'clock. Compensating for the wind with each shot. I recall wishing that I could do such a good job with the wind during a competition.</p><p></p><p>Result: a real nicely space group of shots nearly perfectly vertical for a length of 2 inches.</p><p></p><p>Set your scope on its highest power and get it solid on the bags and centered on a small dot at your distance. Touch nothing and watch that dot do the dance. Then be grateful for a rifle that shoots so well even without knowing about mirage. Then you'll start seeing some "good" groups.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 226261, member: 2011"] AJ, It's great that you are shooting a rifle well enough to see this and to catch on so quickly. What Boss Hoss will send you will serve you well. Back in my benchrest days I set out to learn the magnitude of the effects of mirage. I was shooting a 40X 222 Light Gun w/a 26X Leupold (or was it a 24X:rolleyes:) either way it would shoot along with your AM out to 200;). I knew the range very well. Bare dirt and a few weeds between the benches and target. Mirage was brutal, normally. Newbies there would shoot around 3/4 MOA until they caught on. I set up @ 100 yds well before sunrise. As soon as the 100yd target was visible I fired a sighter to verify zero. Then fired fired for score, so to speak. I shot one shot every 30 Minutes until 10 O'clock. Compensating for the wind with each shot. I recall wishing that I could do such a good job with the wind during a competition. Result: a real nicely space group of shots nearly perfectly vertical for a length of 2 inches. Set your scope on its highest power and get it solid on the bags and centered on a small dot at your distance. Touch nothing and watch that dot do the dance. Then be grateful for a rifle that shoots so well even without knowing about mirage. Then you'll start seeing some "good" groups.;) [/QUOTE]
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